Measures of symbolic racism (SR) have often been used to tap racial prejudice toward Blacks. However, given the wording of questions used for this purpose, some of the apparent effects on attitudes toward policies to help Blacks may instead be due to political conservatism, attitudes toward government, and/or attitudes toward redistributive government policies in general. Using data from nation...

Recent research suggests that welfare attitudes may be shaped by negative perceptions of blacks, suggesting an implicit racialization of the policy. But what might inhibit the racialization of welfare? In this vein, research indicating that education facilitates tolerance suggests that negative racial perceptions and welfare attitudes may be less related among the educated. However, education m...

effective and lifesaving treatment. Differences in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction across the country cannot explain the variation in clinical practice observed, and any error due to the use of thrombolytic agents for other conditions was probably small. The median treatment rate of five patients per 100 000 each month suggests that 30 000 patients are treated annually in England. ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the attitudes to, and knowledge of, doping in sport of French general practitioners (GPs), and their contact with drug taking athletes on an everyday basis. METHODS A total of 402 GPs were randomly selected from all over France and interviewed by telephone, using a prepared script. RESULTS The response rate was 50.5% (153 men and 49 women; mean (SD) age 45.6 (5.6) year...

BACKGROUND There has been little interest in the research literature on public opinions regarding assisted conception and surrogacy, particularly in European countries, despite the growing evidence showing that problems in adaptation and coping may be related to perceived normative values. This study investigated British women's attitudes to surrogacy using components of the theory of planned b...